Design Review Commission Meeting Cancelled on March 19, 2025 Due to No Business
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Design Review Commission Meeting Cancelled on March 19, 2025
The Design Review Commission regular meeting scheduled for March 19, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. was cancelled as stated in the agenda: "THERE BEING NO BUSINESS TO CONDUCT, THIS REGULAR MEETING IS CANCELLED." No minutes were available. However, the raw transcription provided for this meeting contains content that appears to be from a different event, creating a discrepancy.
Discrepancy Note
- The agenda clearly states the meeting was cancelled, but the transcript includes a discussion of a Master Sign Program (MSP) for 1904 Olympic Boulevard, a motion to approve a CEQA exemption (15301) and adopt the resolution, a roll call vote (Commissioners Riley, Basting, Newsom, and Case all voting yes, 4-0), and subsequent items including a science subcommittee assignment and a Repair Cafe event with Chamber of Commerce speeches (including remarks from PG&E, the Chamber CEO, and recognition of city council members and other officials). This content is inconsistent with the cancelled meeting and likely originates from a separate City Council or Chamber event held on the same date.
No official actions were taken at the Design Review Commission meeting as it was cancelled.
Meeting Transcript
Three-story building that zoned office includes only ground floor signs. And there is minimal existing signage on this building, and it's it's pretty much limited to only um addressing, and there's addressing on I think three sides of the building on the Alpine side, on this this side, and then on this west side. And those are shown in the plans. The graphic here shows the building or the sign locations, and there are six locations. But um it would be it would be up to six wall signs low in uh in these locations on the ground floor, and then the sign B2 are those um are the building addressing signs. So those would just be changed because this building recently had its address changed. Uh because it was confusing and had two addresses, so we gave it one address on their rec on their request. So in doing so, I they probably just figured, well, why don't we do an MSP for this building and sign it? So that's what they're doing. And they've hired Sid to do that. All right, so the signs here would include um these signs here shown and and those locations, those are locations that were shown in plan on the last slide. Um the sign area is about is it's just over 12 square feet. They're non-illuminated, they have an aluminum backing. Um there's a section here, shows how it shows the backing and and the the wall, the backing panel, and the sign. They're non-illuminated. Letter heights can be up to 16 inches with logos to 20. Um just just to state that on the the MSP on the other building, letter heights were held to eight inches, but remember those are only on the forward facing valences of those of the um white the awnings, similar to what like down here. Those are probably eight inches as well, right there. Um sequa does have an exemption for this. It's 15301 existing facility facilities that's recommended for this project and should be in any motion for approval if the design if the design review commission decides to approve this project. And with that, I'd give a recommendation to move to adopt the resolution. There is a draft uh draft resolution in your packet which would um approve this MSP as shown, subject to the standard conditions of approval for an MSP. Are there any questions of staff the the applicant is here for questions as well, but does not have a presentation? Anybody have any questions for the applicant? No. I have a quick question of our group um sign subcommittee. Were there any suggestions or recommendations you made that you felt weren't addressed to the extractor? We we offered up the option of flexibility, which they chose not to do, but that's up to them. So no exception there. Okay, yeah, that was it. Okay. Great. Thank you. I have no questions. You you do have a question? Nope. No. No questions. None other than that. I'll go back to my other job. Okay, so with that said, does anybody want to make a motion um I'm happy to make a motion to um adopt the revolution resolution approving the new master sign program for 1904 Olympic Boulevard? Also the CEQA exemption 15301. Subject to the conditions of approval. I'll second it. Second, okay. Um for the record, can you confirm that your the first the first part of the motion was for CEQA? Or or can you can you restate that the you you you would recommend the sequel recommendation first, and that's and I I do that just it's a technical thing where SQL before a project is adopted, the sequel has to be adopted. Okay, yeah. So are they two separate motions? No, they're they're really not.
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